Antiglare device



June 124, 1930. M. G. JOHNS I ANTIGLARE DEVICE Filed Jan. 31, 1929 Q I 7 ZIIIJ V .30 thereof;'

Patented June 24, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE j .MILTON G. JOHNS, or LANcAs'TER, PENNSYLVANIA A TIGLARE nnvfcn ii pncationmea January 31, 1929. seri l No/336,612.

This invention relates to dimmers or antiglare attachments for high-power auto1no bile headlights. v

It has for its primary objects :to break 5 up and diffuse the usual-forwardly projected beam or shaft of light'and to provide a'very efiicient soft full flood-light illumination of the road close to,and up to'approximately sixty to seventy yardsin advance of, the automobile. I i V: V

. Further objects are to 2 provide means capable of application to practically any usual automobile headlight lamp casing construction; to provide a transparent closure closure means in proper relation to the lamp structure and the disintegrating or diffusing means, and to" improve and simplify details of such attachments,-alli as hereinafter moreparticularly set forth, described, and I claimed.

In the accompanying drawing:

device embodying my invention as applied to a headlight, the transparent. closure 7 means or front glass closure beingpa'rt ally broken away to show element'stothe rear Figure'2, a vertical'central longitudinal sectional view thereof, the'central source of light A, such as an electriclamp, being conventionally indicated and all of the usual lamp structure, except-the usual lens-hold-' ing rimor ring B and usuallens C,being omitted as forming no part of my nvention Figure 3 represents a view-slmllar to 4o Fig. 2 taken at right angles thereto. Referring now in detail to'the drawlng, A-

designates the usualsource of illumination,

such as an electric-lamp; B the usual lens retaining rimor ring, broken away, of a usualautomobile headlight, not shown; and G designates the usual lens'J-held"by-s'aid' ring B in proper centered position in, or-to,

, the front of the usual headlightlamp casing.

The center of saidlens-C is axially bored,

and a cup-shaped or deeply, concave beam means in advance'of the beam disintegrating or diflusing means to prov de simple means for centering and hold ng sald transparent- Figure 1 representsa front elevation of a.

lens C asabove mentioned, thei hores in.

f1firmly against the frontfaceofl'ens, C,"

t nd p 1- t djby,1the ring by, means disintegrating or diffusing element of 'mary function of this band 1 is simply that of amarginal-binder' and }form-,retainer,

otherwise its detail form and material is of.

no consequence. Ifdesireda cushioning element may be applied to its inner edgeto prevent its tapping on the lens G ,due-.to 7

vibration. 1 The extreme central or forward portion of the element. 1 is centrally bored, and the I edges of such bore may be bound'by a metal eyelet 'or in any other 'suitablemanner to. 7

prevent spreadingor raveling of the wires of which said elementl is constituted.

When the element 1 ispositionedon the said lens C andsai d element 1 will be in, or 8d substantially-in, axial alignmentandga bolt r 2 will be. passedthrough saidbores andwill receive a nut 4 to draw and holdf theelement washers 3 and 5 r'espectively fbeing interposed between the head of the bolt 2 and the I front face of element llandbetweenme nut 4: andthe rear or inner iface of' lensG and i beingof relatively small diameter, as illusftrated, so as [not to unduly intercept the lightggr f A plaid glass f m: 'i l r sisais es i- W in front of the 'forward Iportionjof element 1, and is held. properly centered in such po sition between the verticalannularrim flange 7 of annular band or casing 9 and retain 1'- ing lugsx8 soldered or otherwisefsuitably secured-in usualfmannergtothe inner'face of, said-band or casing 9 ,vand thelatter isheld such a vertically disposed transparent eleof anchoring screws 10 or equivalents ex ing 9 and a bracket orrretaining frame 13' soldered or otherwise'secured in usual man ner to the inner face thereof and bending over the inner end portions l l of said bracket or frame 13 flat against the inner end portions or edge of the glass or other transparent element 12, as illustrated in Fig. 3.

I contemplate providing the left side of the casing 9 of the left front headlight with ment12 to-light up the left side cf-the front of the automobile and the immediate portion of the roadway to aid approaching traffic.

Of course the transparent vertically disposed element 12may also be similarly provided in the right headlight, or, if desired, such transparent elements 12 may be provided in both the right and leftsides of the casing9 of each headlight. V

The lenses 0 and 6 will preferably be approximately equi-distantly spaced from the adjacent faces of, and respectively to the rear and in front of, the extreme for ward portion of the diffusing element 1.

The element 1, as arranged as above described, will be in the path of the usual main or central beam of l ight as projected directly forward from the source of light A and the central portion of the usual reflector, not

shown, and will preferably be of an extreme internal diameter approximately equal to,

or-slightly in excess of, the diameter of said, beam in the verticalplane of the outer face of the lens C, 'andsaid beam, in passing through'the meshes of the element 1, will be broken up into a multitude of rays, wliifi: rays will be laterally and-verticallybent due to striking against, and intersecting re fiection by, the inner, lateral and'vertical faces of the crossing interwoven wires, which are round incross-section and comprise a plurality of reversely directed successive angular portions, :due to; their interweaving, extending'genera'lly in a concave arcuate path.

The rayson emerging from thediffusizz' element 1 spread in general" concentrically with said element '1 untilthey strikeupon or glare, to light up the roadway very efliciently well ahead of the automobile to a distance of roughly between sixty to seventy yards, with a usual power headlight electric lamp A, and from that gradually taperin off in efficiency.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is I 1. A light projector anti-glare device comprlsmg a-transpare'nt :closure arranged in Irontof the source of light, a glass closure disposed in axial alignment with, and in advance, of, said transparent closure, and means for holding said glass closure in proper spaced and centered relation to said transparent closure, in combination with a concave fine-mesh wire light-beam disintegrator and diffuser mounted with its edge presented toward, and arranged substantially concentricwith the center of, said transparent closure and with the extreme forward portion of its convex face spaced from the adjacent face of said glass closure, and axially disposed means extending through fh approximate central portions of said transparent closure and said disintegrator and diffuser for holding the same in proper relation, H H

2. A light projector anti-glare device comprising an inner transparent closure arranged infront of the source of light, a

transparent front closure disposed inaxial alignment with, and 1n spaced relation nv advanceof, sald mner transparent closure,

and means for holding said transparent front closure in proper relation to said tions of said 'innergtransparent closure. and

saidv disintegrator and diffuser for hold; the same in proper relation] with the edge of the disintegrator and diffuser in firm contact with said inner transparent closure. 'In testimony whereof, Ivhave signed my name to this specification at Lancaster,

Pennsylvania, this 15th day of January, 1929. r i

: "MILTON G. JOHNS. 

